Hurricane Ida: New Orleans loses power as category 4 storm hits
by Oliver Laughland in New Orleans from on (#5NX5W)
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Hurricane Ida has knocked out power in New Orleans after making landfall in Louisiana as a brutal category 4 storm, slamming the coast with 150mph sustained winds.
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